Bowfishing

darbarra69 · Post by **darbarra69** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:49 pm

Is anyone involve in Bowfishig or has tried it? Is it legal? Any advices? Is Net dragging still allowed in the NT?
Thanks and happy

Franky

john d · Post by **john d** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:24 am

Use to do a bit of bowfishing years ago down south mainly for carp.
Tried it a few times up here but the water clarity is a bit of a problem,
Neep tides around the rocks at gunpoint has worked for me in the past.
One work mate use to shoot the big barra under the lights at east arm when the wharf was being built. But I think taking a barra with the bow may not be aloud.
I use a dragnet quite a bit usualy at gunpoint beach for livebait, as long as the net is 16 metere or less it is ok to use but not in or around creeks.
Lee point beach is also a good spot to drag for whiting.But sometimes you get a lot of very small fish.
Dont know if the laws have changed since I bought my net 6 years ago.
Beats throwing a net around for hours, me and my lad have some lively discusions as to whe gets the deep end first thing in the morning during the dry

freon · Post by **freon** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:00 pm

what do you do with the barra after its been shot
and it measures 54.5 cms
cheers

Post by **Matt Flynn** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:20 pm

what do you do with the barra after its been shot
and it measures 54.5 cms

Same thing you do with the gut-hooked bleeding barra that is 54.5cm

The difference in attitude and law between fish-harvesting methods is odd. I think that even scuba divers should be legally entitled to take one or two fish for dinner, even if it is "too easy" - at least divers can pick quality and not kill a heap of by-catch fish and bait in the process. If a method is "easy" but is ecologically sound, eg it causes no by-catch and no habitat damage, then it should simply have a tight bag limit, maybe one or two fish

You can't spear a barra with a speargun in the NT, but other fish are fair game, work that out. Spearos might knock over a few barra around wharves, but I think the fish in the Adelaide and Daly etc are fairly safe

freon · Post by **freon** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:12 pm

good site mat
my point is you cant tell how big the barra is when you look through water it is magnafied Lots of guys go spearing at night with spot lights behind channel island at low tide i just think its wrong because a 500 barra looks like a 600 through the water
cheers

chanos · Post by **chanos** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:31 am

Rubbish, if you are out of the water looking in , there is no magnification whatsoever.

Regards chanos.

timwicks · Post by **timwicks** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:42 pm

I am one of the guys that goes spearing with a spotty and I have a rule f thumb. If I am in doubt I leave it. If it is that close to 55 just leave it be.

darbarra69 · Post by **darbarra69** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:31 pm

HI Timwicks, I heard about spearing under a spot, Could you let us know a bit more about the skills needed? where/when to go? If is not much of a secret

I`m always interested in trying new ways of fishing.

I would like to say Thanks to everyone who given me advices in the past, even after 30 years in Darwin, fishing is still a challenge.

Happy

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